Aken (dpa / cm) | Found At one Aken (Anhalt-Bitterfeld) duck has been proven the highly contagious bird flu virus H5N8. This was announced by the Ministry of Agriculture in Magdeburg on Saturday. The infected mallard was found on December 7 by a veterinarian dead at Aken on the Elbe. The official veterinarians were set on Thursday by the Fund in knowledge.

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The authorities had immediately taken all necessary measures said Agriculture Minister Hermann onco Aeikens (CDU). For people based on current knowledge there is no danger. Experts in Riems (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) reported at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut at night to Saturday after the virus.

Bird flu now in Saxony-Anhalt: Mallard was infectedDecember 20, 2014 Bird flu now in Saxony-Anhalt was infected mallard 2014-12-20

The dangerous animals bird flu has arrived in Saxony-Anhalt. In a dead mallard found in Anhalt-Bitterfeld avian influenza virus H5N8 was detected by studies at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Riems.

The animal on which external injuries were visible, was, according to the Ministry of the Environment found already on December 07 by a veterinarian in a forest near Köthener country road in Aken on the Elbe. However, the official veterinarians were only on 18/12. set by the Fund in knowledge.

Agriculture Minister Dr. Hermann onco Aeikens said on Saturday that the authorities had immediately taken all necessary measures. These included the clinical and laboratory diagnostic examination of two private poultry farms in the 1000-meter radius and the preparations for the examinations of a commercial poultry farm in the 3000-meter radius. The chickens were held there on 17 / 18th century. 12. umgestallt in four other companies, which would also be controlled. In these establishments no abnormalities were detected.

Furthermore, the Lower Saxony veterinary authorities informed their colleagues in Saxony-Anhalt tested positive with H5N8 in ducks fattening facility in the Emsland district. 8,000 ducks from this operation was on December 17, delivered to a slaughterhouse in Grimme, also Anhalt-Bitterfeld and slaughtered. The slaughterhouse operator has an immediate delivery holds imposed and has indicated that there are no products put on the market.

The arranged in high-risk areas in Saxony-Anhalt on 27 November stabling requirements for poultry shall continue to apply. Aeikens said, "Well turns out that it was right to the end of November to arrange the stabling obligation. I know that the home especially for many pet owners is connected with effort. But an infected wild duck in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in mid-November has now not been found to be an isolated case. There is no reason for panic, but we must remain vigilant. "

For people there, according to current knowledge, there is no risk of infection by H5N8. So far, no cases of infection with this avian influenza subtype is known worldwide. However, for poultry this type of pathogen is highly pathogenic.

12/20/14: Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Saxony-Anhalt informedMallard infected with bird flu in Saxony-AnhaltA found in Anhalt-Bitterfeld dead mallard had been infected with the bird flu virus H5N8. The studies performed at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Riems on the night of Saturday. discountsThe animal on which external injuries were visible, has been found already on December 07 by a veterinarian in a forest near Köthener country road in Aken on the Elbe. This location is in the stabling area of ​​Saxony-Anhalt. However, the official veterinarians were only on 18/12. set by the Fund in knowledge.Agriculture Minister Dr. Hermann onco Aeikens said on Saturday that the authorities had immediately taken all necessary measures. These included the clinical and laboratory diagnostic examination of two private poultry farms in the 1000-meter radius and the preparations for the examinations of a commercial poultry farm in the 3000-meter radius. The chickens were held there on 17 / 18th century. 12. umgestallt in four other companies, which would also be controlled. In these establishments no abnormalities were detected.Furthermore, the Lower Saxony veterinary authorities informed their colleagues in Saxony-Anhalt tested positive with H5N8 in ducks fattening facility in the Emsland district. 8,000 ducks from this operation was on December 17, delivered to a slaughterhouse in Grimme, also Anhalt-Bitterfeld and slaughtered. The slaughterhouse operator has an immediate delivery holds imposed and has indicated that there are no products put on the market.The arranged in high-risk areas in Saxony-Anhalt on 27 November stabling requirements for poultry shall continue to apply. Aeikens said, "Well turns out that it was right to the end of November to arrange the stabling obligation. I know that the home especially for many pet owners is connected with effort. But an infected wild duck in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in mid-November has now not been found to be an isolated case. There is no reason for panic, but we must remain vigilant. "For people there, according to current knowledge, there is no risk of infection by H5N8. So far, no cases of infection with this avian influenza subtype is known worldwide. However, for poultry this type of pathogen is highly pathogenic.Contact for poultry farmers on issues of stable duty shall be the official veterinarians of the counties and independent cities. An overview of the risk areas and other information are available on the Internet at www.mlu.sachsen-anhalt.de.

HAMBURG, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Germany will on Monday announce compulsory testing of ducks and geese for bird flu before slaughtering after two more cases of the H5N8 strain of the disease were discovered, the country's agriculture ministry said.

A new regulation forcing all ducks and geese to be tested for bird flu before slaughter will be announced later on Monday under urgent approval procedures, a ministry spokesperson said. It is set to take force on Tuesday, she said.

This is because ducks and geese show late or even no clinical symptoms of the disease and intensified monitoring is needed, she said.

The move follows the confirmation on Saturday of another case of H5N8 bird flu on a farm in the German state of Lower Saxony, a leading poultry production region.

Another H5N8 case was confirmed in a wild duck in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, bringing to five the number of reported cases in the country since November.

Germany, the Netherlands, Britain and Italy have been since November been hit by the H5N8 bird flu strain which has devastated poultry flocks in Asia, mainly South Korea, earlier this year but has never been detected in humans.

More humane free range poultry farming methods introduced in recent years have increased the risk that farm poultry can contract diseases from wild birds.

The first H5N8 case in Germany was confirmed on Nov. 4 on a poultry farm in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in east Germany.

Britain on Sunday lifted restrictions around a duck farm in northern England where the disease had been discovered. (Reporting by Michael Hogan, editing by Louise Heavens)

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